A Study on Recovery of Forest Fire Da Xing An Ling Using NOAA Imagery

• Published in: Journal of the Japan society of photogrammetry and remote sensing Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 4 - 12
• Main Authors: KOIDO, Kesaaki, MURAI, Shunji, Liu, Hui JIE, HONDA, Yoshiaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 1989
• ISSN: 0285-5844; 1883-9061
• DOI: 10.4287/jsprs.28.4_4

In May 1987, the china-USSR border area along the Amur River, so called Da Xing An Ling District, Hei Long Jiang Province was damaged by a very big forest fire which covered about 10, 000 square kilometers. Chinese LANDSAT Receiving Station has succeeded to take three TM images just after the fire in May and June 1987. NOAA Receiving Station at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo has also succeeded to take two cloud free scenes in July 1987 just after the fire and in September 1988 a year after the fire. The objective of this study is to evaluate the recovery of the forest fire using NOAA imagery. Normalized Vegetation Index (NVI) was utilized to classify the forest damage and its recovery after a year. The result of the study showed that 95 per cent of total damage area of 9, 778 square kilometers in Da Xing An Ling District was recovered in vegetation without trees but grasses after a year.